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Das alte Gesetz : ein Film aus den sechzier Jahren = The ancient law : a film from the Sixties / von Paul Reno ; Regie, E.A. Dupont ; reconstructed and restored by Deutsche Kinemathek Museum für Film und Fernsehen.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 031 714 DVD + booklet
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- No linguistic content
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Shtetls--Drama.
- Shtetls.
- Jews--Conduct of life--Drama.
- Jews.
- Fathers and sons--Drama.
- Fathers and sons.
- Theater.
- Conduct of life.
- Eastern Europe.
- Austria--Vienna.
- Jews--Austria--Vienna--Drama.
- Jews--Europe, Eastern--19th century.
- Actors--Drama.
- Actors.
- Theater--Europe, Eastern--19th century.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Silent films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Fiction films.
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, German.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, black and white (tinted) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
- 4 3/4 in.
- black and white
- tinted
- Edition:
- Deluxe DVD edition.
- Other Title:
- Ancient law : a film from the Sixties
- Also known as: This ancient law
- Place of Publication:
- [California?] : Flicker Alley, [2018]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with German intertitles and optional English, French, or Russian subtitles, and newly commissioned scores.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 0; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- full screen (1.33:1)
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 0
- Summary:
- "Baruch, the son of a rabbi, becomes fascinated by the theater. Against his father's wishes, Baruch leaves home and finds his way to Vienna, where an archduchess at the imperial court falls in love with him. She becomes his patroness, facilitating his successful career as a classical actor. But Baruch continues to long for home and must find a way to reconcile his religious heritage with his love of secular literature"--Container.
- Participant:
- Henny Porten, Ernst Deutsch, Abraham Morewski, Grete Berger, Werner Krauss, Jakob Tiedtke.
- Credits:
- Screenplay, Paul Reno; photography and lighting, Theodor Sparkuhl; production design, Alfred Junge; set construction, Alfred Junge, Curt Kahle; costume design, Uli Hubert; new music composed by Donald Sosin and Alicia Svigals for violin (Svigals) and keyboard (Sosin); alternate score composed by Philippe Schoeller for the Orchester Jakobsplatz München, Daniel Grossmann, conductor.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1923.
- Issued as "Deluxe Blu-ray/DVD dual-format edition." University of Pennsylvania Libraries have cataloged these discs separately.
- Accompanying booklet contains essays by Cynthia Walk and Daniel Meiller, with notes on the musical scores by Donald Sosin, Alicia Svigals, and Nina Goslar.
- Special features: Der Film im Film (1923) : the only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany; Insights into the restoration; Image slideshow.
- OCLC:
- 1044739897
- Publisher Number:
- 617311685491
- FA0054 Flicker Alley
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